LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1329, 17 May 1918, Page 4

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. "A \<w Zealand Girl."—ll may be ti uc that some of the New Zealanders arc bringing back French wives, but we cannot allow you to start a sectarian controversy on the subject. "Loyalist."—The result of last night's meeting makes the publication of your letter unnecessary. "Eyes Front."—See no possibility cf-obtain-ing the information requested. ".1.1.."—We have answered your question many times. balloted men who have attained their -14 th birthday at the time they are drawn in the ballot are classified (.2. Volunteers who have reached 44 years of age by the time of their medical examination are also classified C2. THE MAYOR'S STATEMENT IS CORRECT. , To the Editor of THE SUN. Sir, —I lived in the ini.lst of the I manufacturing district at Home for above 50 years, ami was every day connected less or more with factory operative* in the woollen industry. That Mr Holland's statement is correct I cau vouch for. Some of these girls are a lot sillier than what I thought to take notice of the base lies that are thrust upon them by colonial "swaddies." They are led astray with their foolish ami frothy conversation—to use the words of .Mark Twain, "the colonial is a born liar." You will find plenty of silly girls here who think themselves above the factory class. As for making good wives—l have my doubts. —I am, etc., YORKIE. Chrischurch, May 16. MR HOLLAND JUSTIFIED. To the Editor of THE SUN. Sir, —I was surprised at some of our Christchurch ladies making such a fuss over the remarks of the Mayor concerning English factory girls. When referring to factory girls, he did not mean all factory girls. As everyone knows, there are good and bad in all classes of society, and the average factory girl of England is just as good as any other English girl, no matter what her occupation. Mr Holland was quite right in what he said when he said some girls made themselves cheap. A soldier friend of ours said that colonial soldiers could not go into a hotel but there were half a dozen girls after them, and that they eould not stand at a corner but girls came up to them to try and make an acquaintance. English factory girls, munition workers au<l others, smoke in the lunch hour and go into a bar for their beer. A lot of our boys left girls here, and got engaged before they left. They might still be true to their colonial girls if the English girls left them alone. Mr Holland has been subjected to many unkind remarks at the meeting in the Trades Hall, but both Mr and Mrs Holland have taken a great interest in soldiers, and if he expressed his feelings regarding some of the girls they have married, he is quite at liberty to do so. I know that colonial mothers will not have a very warm welcome for the English girl who comes home to take the place of the colonial girl, who has waited two or three years only to find herself jilted. The Home girl is getting married without even making inquiries as to whether her soldier friend is married in New Zealand or not. There will be great doings in the Divorce Courts when the war is over.—l am, etc., COLONIAL GIBL.